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You're not alone if you're low on cash after paying someone to prepare your federal income taxes. Florida is one of the least affordable states to get tax help, according to a new study that compares the state's average hourly pay of accountants and auditors — those who usually prepare taxes — to average wages. Only Georgia, Arkansas and Texas offer a wider gap in pay between tax preparers and the average worker, WalletHub.com, a personal finance website, concluded after studying the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The average hourly pay for accountants and auditors in Florida is 164 percent more than the average hourly wage in the state,...

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You're not alone if you're low on cash after paying someone to prepare your federal income taxes.
Florida is one of the least affordable states to get tax help, according to a new study that compares the state's average hourly pay of accountants and...

The Miami Dolphins are certain Ryan Tannehill is the future of the franchise and will spend this spring trying to finalize a long-term contract for the team's starting quarterback, who produced a 92.5 passer rating last season.
If an agreement can't be...

South Florida is the state's most populous region, yet it has almost no political clout in the Legislature.Republicans control both houses and the governor's mansion, so the area's heavily Democratic delegations will face a fight for relevance when the...

The Miami Dolphins are facing a tough decision regarding Mike Wallace’s future with the team, but one of the possible options to address his large salary isn’t re-structuring his existing deal.
Sources tell the Sun Sentinel that Wallace has told the...

The Taylors came to Florida 20 years ago in search of work and a good place to raise a family. Carla and Jeff built a house in Orlando and enjoyed life as their daughter grew up while involved in school, sports and church. The Taylors' story, though,...

American Residential Warranty is scheduled to open a new headquarters at 901 Yamato Road on Thursday.
The national provider of consumer home warranties has 40 employees. It was previously located off North Dixie Highway in Boca Raton.
Over the next...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is spending $1 billion to make changes to how it pays and trains hourly workers as the embattled retailer tries to reshape the image that its stores offer dead-end jobs. As part of its biggest investment in worker training and pay...

After less than two years on the job, Office Depot CEO Roland Smith could receive $39 million if the Staples-Office Depot merger is finalized, executive pay experts say.
Smith, 60, would leave with a $7 million severance, roughly twice his salary and...

A viable Republican substitute for the health care act used to be the yeti of Capitol Hill: often talked about, never seen. But it has suddenly become real. This week, three leading Republican members of Congress offered a realistic plan...

With gay marriage now legal in Florida, South Florida employers are considering the implications for their employee-benefit policies.
Equality – the issue under contention for gay marriage – should be the goal in the workplace, legal experts say.
In...

The very contract that has made Hassan Whiteside such a bargain for the Miami Heat these next two seasons also will leave the Heat no recourse but to have to bid for him during 2016 free agency on no better than equal footing with most of the rest of...

Could gay wedding bells ring out a death knell for domestic partnership benefits?
Many South Florida employers have been offering health insurance to the partners of their unmarried employees. Although many saw the policies as a way of making those...

The irony likely was not lost on aficionados of Miami Marlins’ history, or at least those of team president David Samson’s insert-foot-in-mouth moments.
Late Wednesday night Miami time, Samson and other front office members took part in a Thursday...

Charter Schools USA, a management company for charter schools, is expanding its corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale.
The company said it will create 73 jobs at an average annual salary of about $60,000 and retain 188 existing Florida jobs,...

Insurance giant Aetna this week became the latest company to announce a minimum wage increase for its hourly employees.
Starting April 6, about 5,700 Aetna employees in the U.S. will make a minimum $16 an hour, the company announced Monday. About 150...

The president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has resigned, replaced by the chief executive of a company Norwegian bought in November.A press release Friday gave no explanation for Kevin Sheehan's departure. It said the board of directors...

South Florida's workers shouldn't quite take the attitude of Johnny Paycheck, who sang "take this job and shove it," in the late-1970s.
But workers "are starting to not be as scared. People are looking at new opportunities and growth...

Cooper City commissioners will decide Tuesday night whether to give themselves raises for the first time in two decades.
Salaries are set to nearly double from $7,200 to $14,400 for the mayor and from $6,000 to $12,000 for commissioners.
The question of...

DRB Capital plans to hire 75 employees and double its employment in Delray Beach in exchange for $450,000 in state and local incentives, the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County said this week.
Through DRB, people who have structured...

Cooper City commissioners decided Tuesday night to give themselves raises for the first time in two decades.Salaries doubled from $7,200 to $14,400 for the mayor and from $6,000 to $12,000 for commissioners.Commissioners did not discuss the issue, which...